MSC Cruises (0844 561 7412; www.msccruises.co.uk) also has four 11-day cruises taking in Beirut in 2011.

In 1995, the company name was changed to MSC Cruises.

Step forward MSC Cruises, an Italian line that lets young people stay children until the age of 18, provided they share a cabin with two adults.

Subsequently the company further rebranded themselves into MSC Cruises.

Since 2004 the ship has been owned and operated by MSC Cruises.

The service may be lacking, but MSC Cruises' new ship, Fantasia, has plenty of other redeeming features.

She was the first newbuild cruise ship to enter service for MSC Cruises.

Bed linen is not changed as often (twice a week) as on some lines, like MSC Cruises (every two days).

The Fantasia class is a class of cruise ships, operated by MSC Cruises.

A year later, the Preziosa was delivered to MSC Cruises.